compensatory lengthening
compensatory lengthening
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- US Pronunciation
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- /kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i ˈleŋ(k)-thən, ˈlen(t)-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i ˈleŋ(k)-thən, ˈlen(t)-/
Definitions of compensatory lengthening words
- noun compensatory lengthening the lengthening of a vowel when a following consonant is weakened or lost, as the change from Old English niht [nikht] /nɪxt/ (Show IPA) to night [nahyt] /naɪt/ (Show IPA) with loss of [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) and lengthening of [i] /ɪ/ (Show IPA) to a vowel that eventually became [ahy] /aɪ/ (Show IPA). 1
- noun compensatory lengthening (linguistics) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, an extreme form of fusion exhibited for example by many non-rhotic British dialects of English, which drop the /ɹ/ from /ɑɹt/ but compensatorily lengthen the /ɑ/, resulting in /ɑːt/ ("art"). 0
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compensatory lengthening popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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